Interesting article about a group no doubt close to the Shrub. I'm kinda impressed, we don't often get cults in the burbs.
The burglar slipped in through the unlocked French doors without a sound and made his way carefully through the Arlington home, finally discovering what he had come for -- a bottle of prescription painkillers in an out-of-the-way storage cabinet. Leaving jewelry and other valuables untouched, he vanished without a trace.
In fact, he was so meticulous that Paul Rusinko would not have known his home had been broken into but for a handwritten note the penitent burglar left in his mailbox a few days later: "My name is James Hammond . . . and I entered your home this past Wednesday and stole some prescription painkillers," the thief scrawled. "I am very sorry, and I ask for your forgiveness. I am turning myself into the Arlington police today."
A string of four break-ins in late August surprised many in Rusinko's quiet, affluent Woodmont neighborhood in North Arlington. But residents were even more surprised when they learned that the culprit -- who pleaded guilty to two of the burglaries last month -- was a resident of one of two group homes owned by the Fellowship, a religious organization that has, since 1978, run a secluded spiritual retreat called the Cedars at the end of their block.
The Fellowship, best known for its National Prayer Breakfast every February, is described by backers as a loosely knit group of friends who advise the rich and powerful on the teachings of Jesus Christ. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A44090-2003Dec7.html
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